New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (nwt, en_US, 2013)
Psalm
Psalm, 50
A melody of Aʹsaph.
1 The God of gods, Jehovah,*1 has spoken; He summons the earth From the rising of the sun until its setting.*2
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2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
3 Our God will come and cannot remain silent. Before him is a consuming fire, And a great storm rages all around him.
4 He summons the heavens above and the earth, So as to judge his people:
5 “Gather to me my loyal ones, Those making a covenant with me over sacrifice.”
6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness, For God himself is Judge. (Selah)
7 “Listen, O my people, and I will speak; Israel, I will bear witness against you. I am God, your God.
8 I do not reprove you because of your sacrifices, Nor because of your whole burnt offerings that are constantly before me.
9 I do not need to take a bull from your house, Nor goats*1 from your pens.
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10 For every wild animal of the forest is mine, Even the beasts upon a thousand mountains.
11 I know every bird of the mountains; The countless animals of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, For the productive land and everything in it is mine.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls And drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer thanksgiving as your sacrifice to God, And pay your vows to the Most High;
15 Call on me in the time of distress. I will rescue you, and you will glorify me.”
16 But God will say to the wicked: “What right do you have to relate my regulations Or to speak about my covenant?
17 For you hate discipline,*1 And you keep turning your back on my words.*2
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18 When you see a thief, you approve of him,*1 And you keep company with adulterers.
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19 You use your mouth to spread what is bad, And deception is attached to your tongue.
20 You sit and speak against your own brother; You reveal the faults of*1 your own mother’s son.
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21 When you did these things, I remained silent, So you thought that I would be just like you. But now I will reprove you, And I will state my case against you.
22 Please consider this, you who forget God, So that I may not tear you to pieces with no one to rescue you.
23 The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me, And as for the one who follows a set course, I will cause him to see salvation by God.”